# 奎

| 奎 | U+594E, &#22862; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-594E |
| ← 奍 [U+594D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 奏 → [U+594F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

奎 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大土土 (KGG), four-corner 4010$_4$, composition ⿱大圭)

#### Derived characters

* 喹 㛻 㨒 楏 煃 睳 蝰 䠑 鍷 㥣 𪶙 𤧊 𭦭 𪑭 𠝥 𡙔

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 251, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5911
* Dae Jaweon: page 512, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 538, character 1
* Unihan data for U+594E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 街 | *kreː, *kreː |
| 鞋 | *ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː |
| 娾 | *ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ |
| 佳 | *kreː |
| 鮭 | *ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː |
| 涯 | *ŋreː, *ŋre |
| 崖 | *ŋreː, *ŋre |
| 啀 | *ŋreː |
| 厓 | *ŋreː |
| 捱 | *ŋreː |
| 睚 | *ŋreːs |
| 娃 | *qreː |
| 洼 | *qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː |
| 哇 | *qreː, *qʷraː |
| 胿 | *ɡeː, *kʷeː |
| 溎 | *qeːns |
| 觟 | *ɡʷraːʔ |
| 黊 | *ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː |
| 蘳 | *ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe |
| 蛙 | *qʷraː, *qʷreː |
| 窪 | *qʷraː |
| 卦 | *kʷreːs |
| 挂 | *kʷreːs |
| 掛 | *kʷreːs |
| 詿 | *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs |
| 罣 | *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs |
| 絓 | *kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs |
| 鼃 | *ɢʷreː, *qʷreː |
| 圭 | *kʷeː |
| 珪 | *kʷeː |
| 邽 | *kʷeː |
| 閨 | *kʷeː |
| 袿 | *kʷeː |
| 窐 | *kʷeː, *ɡʷeː |
| 茥 | *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː |
| 桂 | *kʷeːs |
| 筀 | *kʷeːs |
| 奎 | *kʰʷeː |
| 刲 | *kʰʷeː |
| 蝰 | *kʰʷeː |
| 楏 | *kʰʷeː |
| 睳 | *qʰʷeː |
| 畦 | *ɡʷeː |
| 眭 | *ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi |
| 烓 | *qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ |
| 跬 | *kʰʷeʔ |
| 恚 | *qʷes |
| 硅 | *qʰʷreɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰʷeː) : semantic 大 + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː).
Originally, the phonetic component is not related to the concept of earth (土) since in its original form it represents a pair of ritual axes perhaps made of jade 士. Hence, the link to the concept of earth in this character either comes from folk etymology or its appearance in the Small Seal script.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kuí (kui$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fui$^1$ / kwai$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khuì
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kuí
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kuéi
*** Wade–Giles: kʻuei$^2$
*** Yale: kwéi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kwei
*** Palladius: куй (kuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fui$^1$ / kwai$^1$
*** Yale: fūi / kwāi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fui$^1$ / kwai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fui$^1$ / kuei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fuːi̯⁵⁵/, /kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khuì
*** Hakka Romanization System: kui$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: kui$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰu̯i¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khe
*** Tâi-lô: khe
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qef
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kʰe⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰe³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰe⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰe⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰe⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: khwej
Rime :
| Character | 奎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (40) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 苦圭切 |
| Baxter | khwej |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰwei/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰʷei/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰuɛi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰwɛj/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰuei/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰiwei/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰiwei/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | kuī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fai$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷeː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 奎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4582 |
| Phonetic component | 圭 |
| Rime group | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 睽 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰʷeː/ |

### Definitions

奎
* the stride of a person
* Legs, one of the twenty-eight lunar mansions

### Compounds

* 奎依巴格 (Kuíyībāgé)
* 奎光
* 奎寧 / 奎宁 (kuíníng)
* 奎屯 (Kuítún)
* 奎星高照
* 奎蹄
* 奎霞 (Kuíxiá)
* 奎章
* 拉斯奎 (Lāsīkuí)
* 木奎拉 (Mùkuílā)
* 瀛奎律髓

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: け (ke)
* Kan-on: けい (kei)
* On: き (ki)
* Kun: また (mata, 奎)

#### Compounds

* 奎宿(とかきぼし) (tokakiboshi, “Legs Mansion”)

## Korean
### Hanja

奎 (eumhun 별 규 (byeol gyu))
* star
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

奎: Hán Nôm readings: khuê
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